Game Center Notifications do not include GKMessageImage.png

Hello,

Asking the following as, I was unable to find answers via search on the forum and in the documentation:

Invitations sent via iMessage seem to work correctly with my custom image ( GKMessageImage.png ) however, notifications sent to Game Center Friends via invites generated in Game Center do not include the custom image ( GKMessageImage.png ).

Questions:

  1. Is this expected behavior? Is there a different way to customize the image in the notification? Note the Game Center notification includes the App name correctly.

  2. I also noted in the WWDC session in 2016 ( saw video recently ) that there was some mention of no longer adding friends via Game Center. Is that currently true?

Thanks in advance.

I submitted feedback on this one. Hopefully it gets fixed.

Game Center Notifications do not include GKMessageImage.png
 
 
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